Examples of reconnaissance in a Sentence

There are two helicopters available for reconnaissance. They did a reconnaissance of the enemy's position.

Recent Examples on the Web As Schoville learned, Baker, who had been a warrant officer, earned an Army commission and went back to Vietnam for a second tour flying low-level reconnaissance missions. — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Decades after being shot on Veterans Day in 1969, soldiers reunite at grave of lost comrade," 11 Nov. 2020 But the need to follow COVID-19 health guidelines was emphasized after five employees of the operations center, which runs hurricane reconnaissance missions out of Lakeland Linder International Airport, tested positive for COVID-19. — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, "2020 hurricane hunting evolves with new technology in light of COVID-19 safety concerns," 14 Sep. 2020 Russians scramble jets to intercept U.S. plane: Russia scrambled an Su-27 fighter jet to intercept a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance plane flying over neutral waters in the Black Sea, the RIA news agency reported, citing Russia's Defense Ministry. — Washington Post, "World Digest: Nov. 28, 2020," 28 Nov. 2020 The squadron also launches daily weather balloons and reconnaissance aircraft on flight days to collect information in the upper atmosphere that can push a rocket off course. — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, "The space weather experts who give the go-ahead on when to launch and avoid disaster," 28 Nov. 2020 Early Sunday, a reconnaissance aircraft found that Iota had strengthened into the 13th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. — James Rogers, Fox News, "Hurricane Iota to bring 'potentially catastrophic' winds, dangerous storm surge to Central America," 15 Nov. 2020 Thwarting an enemy reconnaissance flier took more than simply covering the factory building. — Cory Graff, Popular Mechanics, "How Hollywood Set Designers Hid America’s WWII Aircraft Factories," 8 Nov. 2020 Crews began working in the canyon early last week starting with a reconnaissance team, including arborists, to help identity hazardous trees. — oregonlive, "Beachie Creek fire victims get help with hazardous waste cleanup in aftermath," 29 Oct. 2020 On February 13, 1966, a high-altitude reconnaissance drone flew a top-secret mission over Vietnam. — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, "The 200 Millisecond Mission: Inside the Secret CIA Plan to Steal Soviet Missile Data," 28 Oct. 2020

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